Cleaner&#39;s safety spotting-cup.



Patented June 2, 19M

O. O. PALMER.

GLEANERS SAFETY SPOTTING 0UP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1912.

E E l I Wit cooeo Jbiwa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cnYnnc. PALMER, or snmrrn, mssoo'nr, assmnoa or ONE-HALF T0 oLIvEn c.

' SPARKS. or KENNETT, MISSOURI.

CLEANERS SAFETY SPO'I'TING-CUP.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application filed March 8, 1912. Serial No. 682,522.

Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements.1n Cleaners Safety Spotting-Cups; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will are able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved safety spotting cup adapted for use by cleaners or in laundries or shoe-shining parlors.

Primarily, the object of the invention is to provide a very simple cup of tins character adapted to contain the cleaning fluid and to close the same against the exposure to the atn'losphere and yet permit convenient application of a tampion for saturating the latter in applying said cleaning fluid to the garments or other articles to be cleaned.

Another important object of the invention, is to provide a novel valve structure renderingthe fluid readily accessible by the tampion and insuring of the full use of the fluid contained in the cup.

l/Vith the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 1s a vertical sectional view of my improved safety spotting 'cup for cleaners. Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the valve depressed as wheninserting the tampion therein.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts throughout the several views, 10 designates a cup which is preferably formed of metal and is provided with a top it provided with a screw threaded nipple 12 for supplying cleaning fluid to the cup, while said nipple 12 is closed by a top 13 after the cup is filled. The cup is further provided with a bottom 14 which is spaced from the lower edge of the cup proper as shown and inclined toward the central portion of the cup in concaved form or approximately so, the said top and bottom being provided with central vertical registering openings; Connecting within said openings is a vertical tube 15, the same terminating at the top portion and having its open upper end surrounded by a mouth piece or collar 16 which is enlarged relative thereto and adapted for the insertion of a tampion 17 therein when it is desired tosaturate the latter with the cleaning fluid. This tampion consists of apiece of rolled cloth suitably stitched together and is adapted to be saturated with the cleaning fluid for applying the same to the garment'or articles to be cleaned, especially serving as a great convenience in removing grease spots or the like: The tube 15 is also provided with a plurality of peripherally spaced slots 18 which terminate short of the top portion'of the cup but which at their lower ends extend to the bottom 14 so that the cleaning fluid will completely drain from Within the cup and thereby insure of its economical use. i

The lower end of the tube 15 extends considerably below the bottom 14 and is exteriorly threaded to receive a closure cap 19 the same maintaining an expansible coiled spring 20 therein, said spring carrymg on its upper end a plunger 21 which has its bottom surface recessed as shown at 22 to provide a peripheral flange for retaining the spring in operative engagement with the plunger whereby said spring will force said plunger upwardly and by reason of its convexed upper face 23 which will be moved into engagement with the inwardly extending flange 24 of the mouth-piece or collar 16, the upper end of the tube will be closed. By this construction, the splash ing of the cleaning fluid will be prevented while the convexity-of the plunger at its upper side permits convenient depression thereof by the tampion so that the tampion will only engage a very small portion of the plunger thereby exposing the greater portion of its end for saturation and this convex surface also insures thorough draining of the plunger before it moves to a closed position, thus preventing spilling of the cleaning fluid which is also assisted by the mouth piece or collar 16. This latter action is desirable owing to the fact that when the plunger is forced downwardly, the cleaning fluid is forced through the slots 18 and upon the plunger within the tube 15 and it the cup is nearly full, said mouth-piece will receive a port-ion of the cleaning fluid. It will also be apparent that only one hand is necessary for properly using the 'tampion, thus avoiding the necessity of usin two hands as is now generally done with t e use of a bottle or the like, it being obvious that the device can be used by garment cleaners, hat cleaners, laundrymen and also in shoeshining parlors and various other purposes. The slots 18 in the tube or vertical opening are maintained to be better than openings drilled or punched in the tube inasmuch as they let the gasolene or cleaning compound flow into and out of the tube more freely.

I claim:

A cleaners receptacle for cleaning fluid including a can having a dished bottom disposed above the lower edge of the side wall, a dauber receiving tube disposed axially in said can and having longitudinal slots in the sides extending to said bottom, there being an extension of said tube below said bottom and having external screw threads, a cap threaded on to said extension, :1. spring supported by said cap, and a closure carried on the end of said spring and normally held by the latter in position to close the entrance of said tube said spring and closure being adapted to be removed through said exten- SlOIl.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE C. PALMER. Witnesses:

H. L. WELLS, R. T. NAILLING. 

